@haulingthescoreup wrote:
Very true, but a lot of Continental and US pedestrians get some good scares stepping out into the road after looking in the wrong direction.
I think the adventure in driving would occur when making turns, especially left turns. I could really see whipping your car into the oncoming traffic!
Hopefully there are no roudabouts where MV is, because that's what gave my dad the most problems 
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
Very true, but a lot of Continental and US pedestrians get some good scares stepping out into the road after looking in the wrong direction.
I think the adventure in driving would occur when making turns, especially left turns. I could really see whipping your car into the oncoming traffic!
It is something you get used to! But driving on the other side, using a stick with the wrong hand and reading a map all at the same time presents a bit of a challenge! So to make it easy I now get an automatic and a GPS.
@MidnightVoice wrote:
It is something you get used to! But driving on the other side, using a stick with the wrong hand and reading a map all at the same time presents a bit of a challenge! So to make it easy I now get an automatic and a GPS.
There you go, absolutely genius Although maybe a little less fun 
@Guardian wrote:
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
Very true, but a lot of Continental and US pedestrians get some good scares stepping out into the road after looking in the wrong direction.
I think the adventure in driving would occur when making turns, especially left turns. I could really see whipping your car into the oncoming traffic!Hopefully there are no roudabouts where MV is, because that's what gave my dad the most problems
Ah yes, I remember those roundabouts all too well from when my father was a Visiting Professor at Nottingham in the late 1970s. Driving was even more fun because our car in England was the absolute worst piece of automotive junk I have ever experienced, made by the nationalized carmaker British Leyland. I am very worried about the current state of the US car industry, because the two most likely outcomes appear to be either a total collapse with horrific economic consequences or else some form of nationalization which could easily result in the US equivalent of British Leyland.
I remember when I first saw people driving on the "wrong side" of the road in Japan. For the first few months there, I scare many Japanese Nationals, as I was insistent that they were on the wrong side. Shifting with my left hand--well I am surprised that I never dropped the transmission.
Japan is full of "traffic circles" as well.
Japan is full of "traffic circles" as well.
Starting Score: 469OK, so I have survived roundabouts, traffic circles, one way systems, country lanes and diversions. I have lost another hour of sleep (they put the clocks forward last night), returned the car, now all I have to do is get up early enough tomorrow morning to catch the bus to catch the plane and fly home.
@MidnightVoice wrote:OK, so I have survived roundabouts, traffic circles, one way systems, country lanes and diversions. I have lost another hour of sleep (they put the clocks forward last night), returned the car, now all I have to do is get up early enough tomorrow morning to catch the bus to catch the plane and fly home.
Good to hear. Take care and have a safe flight home, we'll keep the light on for you.
